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I made a decision about how to approach this situation. I'm not going to uninvite people and I'm not going to keep my opinions to myself if the topic comes up. But I'm also not going to proactively bring it up.
If politics does come up, then I will mostly ignore them until they inevitably say something super dumb and provably false, or completely immoral, at which point I will say something. I will call them on it, confronting them with things that are extremely difficult to argue against, and I won't let them change the subject unless they concede or shut up. If they concede or stop responding, then I'll change the topic to something non-political.
I will not talk about various political subjects, nor will I let them move the goalposts. I will simply argue the dumbest thing they said when they thought it was safe to say something dumb. I will not try to convince them, but I will use the truth to embarrass the shit out of them until they decide it's just easier to make a truce and agree to keep quiet.
The point is just to take them out of their comfort zone so that they think before they speak for once. I ignore them unless I know I can win. I'm fairly lucky that I only have one MAGA relative who won't listen to any reason. The rest of them, most of their problem is that they never hear an opposing view, and never thought about what they're saying. As long as I stick to one point and don't reject their entire belief system, I can win small battles.
Silence is not neutrality, silence helps the status quo. We need people to speak up and stir the shitpot.